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boehner will have to sell a tax increase. everybody knows this. boehner has privately, according to sources from the democratic side, has agreed to some -- has in these private meetings wasn't supposed to hear about some kind of rate increase. but if he's going to go back to his republicans and those republicans have to go back home to districts and talk to constituents that say why in god's name did you vote for tax increases, they have to see, well, i got this and this will have to be big entitlement change, whether it is increased in the eligibility age or means testing or something, but there has to be a big prize on the entitlement side. gwen: quickly. >> what is the private discussion going on, back channel? >> back channel is basically how much are you going to give me in entitlements and president is saying i will not give you things on entitlements until you tell me you vote for tax increase. gwen: see you christmas eve, john dickerson. tell us what's really going on. we have to go for now. we will pick up where we left off in "washington
boehner will have to sell a tax increase. everybody knows this. boehner has privately, according to sources from the democratic side, has agreed to some -- has in these private meetings wasn't supposed to hear about some kind of rate increase. but if he's going to go back to his republicans and those republicans have to go back home to districts and talk to constituents that say why in god's name did you vote for tax increases, they have to see, well, i got this and this will have to be big...
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but john boehner does not want to do that. he knows that's wouven the few levers that they have against the president. he says we're not doing the debt ceiling unless we're doing spending cuts an reform as big as the increase. gwen: now president meet with some congressional leaders over hogeie this is week. both sides came up with completely different interpretation of how it happen. >> surprise, surprise. it's clear that the president made this clear to be boehner. we should just do the debt ceiling and separate it from everybody else. and he said that that quote took his breath away. it's more of the post erring. gwen: were the hoagie's any good, that's the question. >> they were pushing the government to the edge of default. the markets weren't really wild about this. i mean, how -- how does wall street -- are they finally deciding that these guys are just bluffing? is this going to cause some real problems? >> that's a great question. what we know so far wall street is completely preoccupied. either they were watching fac
but john boehner does not want to do that. he knows that's wouven the few levers that they have against the president. he says we're not doing the debt ceiling unless we're doing spending cuts an reform as big as the increase. gwen: now president meet with some congressional leaders over hogeie this is week. both sides came up with completely different interpretation of how it happen. >> surprise, surprise. it's clear that the president made this clear to be boehner. we should just do the...
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gain bah boehner has been here a long time. he saw the coup attempt to speaker gingrich by members of his old party. he knows he has to hold those people together to negotiate with the president. he saw a little bit of wiggle room earlier with jim demint coming out earlier and said he thought the tax offer was an outrage. from the right you can see the speaker tamping that out with his boot. gwen: the president has not always been where he is on this now with the tax rate. he's said in the past that maybe the tax rates should not be raised and that would be bad for the economy. what changed? >> the economy changed. the economy is better. a lot has been made of the fact that the president caved two years ago, december of 2010. that was when the buschera tax rates first expired and he agreed to a two-year extension. yes, he caved but i think in fairness to the president he got a lot for it and the economy wasn't doing so well, which is why he wanted stimulus in the first place. in return for extending them then, he got payroll ta
gain bah boehner has been here a long time. he saw the coup attempt to speaker gingrich by members of his old party. he knows he has to hold those people together to negotiate with the president. he saw a little bit of wiggle room earlier with jim demint coming out earlier and said he thought the tax offer was an outrage. from the right you can see the speaker tamping that out with his boot. gwen: the president has not always been where he is on this now with the tax rate. he's said in the past...
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boehner. is it any different, or is this just about, i don't know, smoke and mirrors? >> well, i think the atmosphere is certainly different as you mentioned. in the past, these guys would go back to capitol hill and put out competing statements about what went on during the meetings. you saw what happened last year during the debt ceiling negotiations. this time it was one big happy family. there certainly seems to be some sort of recognition on the part of how fed up american people with sort of the seeing this game of chicken being played at such a high stakes time. i think there is certainly, after this election, there is kind of a let's get down to business. let's see if we can get this thing done. whether that can translate -- david just said, the biggest sticking point, taxes on the wealthy is still on the table. you can sing happy birthday to john boehner as much as you want. gwen: he would still say no. >> absolutely. i think it's really premature to try to predict what is going to ha
boehner. is it any different, or is this just about, i don't know, smoke and mirrors? >> well, i think the atmosphere is certainly different as you mentioned. in the past, these guys would go back to capitol hill and put out competing statements about what went on during the meetings. you saw what happened last year during the debt ceiling negotiations. this time it was one big happy family. there certainly seems to be some sort of recognition on the part of how fed up american people...
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gwen: house speaker john boehner's response, no way. they are, he said, at stalemate. >> the white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal, and they send one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little -- not even $400 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean, it was not a serious proposal. and so right now we're almost nowhere. gwen: both ends say americans voted for growth and responsibility during the last election, but each apparently is read looking the same message differently. what a surprise. so how much of the policy is about standoff and how much is about politics? >> it's a little bit of each. but i would have to say right now it's a lot about politics and it's a lot about political theater. you just showed these guys. ok, so they have given their opening round. we all know where they stand. this is for the base of their parties now, which the president, of course, has been meeting with his liberal
gwen: house speaker john boehner's response, no way. they are, he said, at stalemate. >> the white house spends three weeks trying to develop a proposal, and they send one up here that calls for $1.6 trillion in new taxes, calls for a little -- not even $400 billion in cuts, and they want to have this extra spending that's actually greater than the amount they're willing to cut. i mean, it was not a serious proposal. and so right now we're almost nowhere. gwen: both ends say americans...
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and speaker boehner is concerned about his legacy as well here. he may have a little bit more latitude to work with this president. i'm not saying that they're going to be arm in arm but i think more so than the last go around. gwen: maybe they could measure what could hurt than could help. we heard that he's going to lose his c.i.a. director because david petraeus former leader of the war effort is resigning because he admitted to an extramarital affair. there's talk about hillary clinton leaving. she herself has said she is going to leave. tim geithner said he is going to leave. how much change do we have here? and how much room does the president have to establish his second term to be? >> if you change the secretary of state and the secretary of treasury you've changed two important officers in the government. those are not insignificant departures that he's facing. the petraeus departure is totally unexpected and shocked everybody when it was announced earlier today. but they've had a lot of time to think about what they want to do on that. i
and speaker boehner is concerned about his legacy as well here. he may have a little bit more latitude to work with this president. i'm not saying that they're going to be arm in arm but i think more so than the last go around. gwen: maybe they could measure what could hurt than could help. we heard that he's going to lose his c.i.a. director because david petraeus former leader of the war effort is resigning because he admitted to an extramarital affair. there's talk about hillary clinton...
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some democrats think that mitch mcconnell is ready to force john boehner's hand. we know the republicans are going to lose the fight of taxes because tax rates are going to go up for every -- the only question is how many people they go up for. so if you already know what the outcome is going to be, the question is how much punishment do they want to take? it is possible that they would wait after january 1. they could say we're going to cut taxes now instead of vote to allow them to go up. gwen: let's move on. because there's one more thing we want to go to. from iran to syria to libya to egypt to israeli, palestinian standoff over gaza, the obama administration's wishes have seldom been.raedpt >> we and the world haveed join in condemning the brutality of the assad regime. >> no one wants to determine what happened that night in benghazi more than the president and i do. >> and this administration has either been guilty of colossal incompetence or engaged in a coverup. >> a red line should be drawn right here. before iran completes the second stage of nuclear en
some democrats think that mitch mcconnell is ready to force john boehner's hand. we know the republicans are going to lose the fight of taxes because tax rates are going to go up for every -- the only question is how many people they go up for. so if you already know what the outcome is going to be, the question is how much punishment do they want to take? it is possible that they would wait after january 1. they could say we're going to cut taxes now instead of vote to allow them to go up....
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i think president obama would call john boehner. and he would tweak his plan for a concession with republicans. if obama is re-elected, republicans for a brief moment would say, we've got to do a little business with him and then they will move on. gwen: we have to touch on the biggest story of the week which is the super storm sandy. and i wonder in the end -- i know in the beginning i thought to myself, well, in -- only blue states were affected. but i wonder what we saw with christie and bloomberg, whether that at the end didn't reap down to the incumbent? >> probably in a small way. small things can have potentially big consequences. >> you think of the opposite of that if they had anything wrong go wrong and the president was seen as not performing as well as he seems to be that would have been a problem. >> and it really threw the romney campaign too. they couldn't quite figure out what do you do in a time of crisis? >> you have to use your background a lot. >> neither was the incumbent. >> it does give a little tail wind to t
i think president obama would call john boehner. and he would tweak his plan for a concession with republicans. if obama is re-elected, republicans for a brief moment would say, we've got to do a little business with him and then they will move on. gwen: we have to touch on the biggest story of the week which is the super storm sandy. and i wonder in the end -- i know in the beginning i thought to myself, well, in -- only blue states were affected. but i wonder what we saw with christie and...
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speaker boehner saying that he even wants to bring health care back into things. but i think republicans realize -- and you see the conciliatory way they're talking about taxes, right? they're saying even though we don't want these tax hikes we're willing to bring in more tax revenue. pete: speaker boehner's reference to the obamacare was in an op-ed he wrote in "the cincinnati enquirer" this week. what is that all about? is that a way of showing the voters how tough they still are and making it easier than to compromise? >> that seems to be what it is. it seems to be a little bit of a tactic and maybe a sop to the base. a lot of conservative republicans are worried about what they see as republicans going squishy. because you have republicans saying that they are willing to abandon the grover norquist no ta pledge. you have republicans making very conciliatory noises about immigration reform. and so the base is concerned that the party is basically just going to go along with democrats on everything. so that may have been a way to reassure conservatives that he h
speaker boehner saying that he even wants to bring health care back into things. but i think republicans realize -- and you see the conciliatory way they're talking about taxes, right? they're saying even though we don't want these tax hikes we're willing to bring in more tax revenue. pete: speaker boehner's reference to the obamacare was in an op-ed he wrote in "the cincinnati enquirer" this week. what is that all about? is that a way of showing the voters how tough they still are...
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john boehner, the speak of the -- speaker of the house doesn't want his party on display and becoming a distraction to mitt romney. republicans think that mitt romney has very good chance of defeating barack obama. they don't want to do anything to screw it up, so their resolution is do nothing at all. >> do you think they know that the polls show they're less popular? >> i think they do they're so low that i'm not sure they're not going to go any lower. it's not going to affect them anymore than it already has and by the political outlook, republicans aren't confident they're not going to lose their majority. they put them on a 10-seat law on the high end and they're ready to take that. >> in the olden days you would say grass roots lobbying. call your congress person and make sure they're doing what we told them to do. are they hearing it or not hearing it at all? >> i think they're hearing. there are congressmen who want to move this bill. >> is the problem there is no immediate impact in people's lives? >> yeah. >> they put in a stop-gap for instance or the postal service is going
john boehner, the speak of the -- speaker of the house doesn't want his party on display and becoming a distraction to mitt romney. republicans think that mitt romney has very good chance of defeating barack obama. they don't want to do anything to screw it up, so their resolution is do nothing at all. >> do you think they know that the polls show they're less popular? >> i think they do they're so low that i'm not sure they're not going to go any lower. it's not going to affect...
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. >> john boehner said the reason mitt romney was doing so well in north carolina is that governor casey had done such a good job reviving the economy. gwen: did it drive these numbers we're seeing now? >> if you talk to the romney people, what they'll tell you is that president obama's bounce has dissipated. that he had dropped six points and it had gone away. gwen: perhaps in the head to head. >> then you turn to the battleground states, which is where this election is really being fought, it's hard to say ok, why is president obama up now by five points? >> in the ads, the aobama team was on if -- obama team was on the air, the mitt romney team went down. some republicans think it was a mistake they ceded the ground to the convention. he got a little bounce in the convention, got a little bit of bounce from the oids and now on kibba. gwen: it's a leadership question. >> it's like a game of bumper cars. he keems getting knocked around. guy when you're taking on an incumbent president that's already a tough thing. does he get to set the table for the argument going forward? >> it's rema
. >> john boehner said the reason mitt romney was doing so well in north carolina is that governor casey had done such a good job reviving the economy. gwen: did it drive these numbers we're seeing now? >> if you talk to the romney people, what they'll tell you is that president obama's bounce has dissipated. that he had dropped six points and it had gone away. gwen: perhaps in the head to head. >> then you turn to the battleground states, which is where this election is...
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and does the president have a big rose garden signing ceremony with mitch mcconnell and john boehner behind him? or sign it and pass it and move on? and i think republicans noted that when they passed the bill, the authorization that was pitched as a joshes bill, the president signed and moved on and didn't talk about it, it does not help the white house's message that congress is ineffectua but looking forward to this year, you talked to republicans and talked to democrats, there's not a lot more options for compromise this year. and i think after this, they'll do what they have to do. and there's not going to be a lot more payroll compromises before the election. >> so what you're saying here is this was like everybody just sort of doing -- as you said, what they had to do. so you think at this point the terms have been set and from here on out, does the president still have his argument that the republicans are a do-nothing congress? gwen: and have they cleared the decks so nothing much else happens now for the rest of the year? >> there's not much they have to do now. in terms of
and does the president have a big rose garden signing ceremony with mitch mcconnell and john boehner behind him? or sign it and pass it and move on? and i think republicans noted that when they passed the bill, the authorization that was pitched as a joshes bill, the president signed and moved on and didn't talk about it, it does not help the white house's message that congress is ineffectua but looking forward to this year, you talked to republicans and talked to democrats, there's not a lot...
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the middle of the summer about how bill daley had been chasing a mirage that there would be a speaker boehner who could bring votes to do a deal with president obama on raising the debt ceiling and also on deficit reduction. gwen: is this the white house getting ducks in order and clearing the decks for an election year? >> absolutely. like a new year's resolution, my new year's resolution are, i am a populist, i am going to combat congress and cajole voters into i am going to work with them. i want to expand government by doing stimulus spending and promoting my economic agenda and trim the deficit and today we heard the president talking about this initiative he put together to shrink government. which party is it that is most in this idea of shrinking government? gwen: not previously democrat. >> correct. so he's arguing that if congress would give him this super executive power to sort of mold government in -- reorganize it in his own way, he would give a proposal on how to do it and they would vote on it up or down, no amendment. sort of like the base closing idea. and he is arguing toda
the middle of the summer about how bill daley had been chasing a mirage that there would be a speaker boehner who could bring votes to do a deal with president obama on raising the debt ceiling and also on deficit reduction. gwen: is this the white house getting ducks in order and clearing the decks for an election year? >> absolutely. like a new year's resolution, my new year's resolution are, i am a populist, i am going to combat congress and cajole voters into i am going to work with...